TomTom just announced that their Fuel Price Service is now available. With the TomTom Fuel Price Service, if you are a TomTom owner (compatible devices listed below), you can load and access one year of daily fuel price updates to your device.

TomTom Fuel Price Service makes it easy to find (and drive to) gas stations with the lowest fuel prices. Once activated, you will be notified of the most up-to-date fuel information each time you log into TomTom HOME. You can choose to list gas stations by location or price, and can request the lowest gas prices on your route, nearby or within a certain mile radius. You can also choose which type of gas you would like tracked: regular, mid-grade, premium or diesel.  read more »

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The BlueAnt Supertooth 3 is an easy to use, portable speakerphone device with voice recognition technology. With no installation requirements, the Supertooth 3 can be operational within seconds. Voice prompts guide you in pairing the device and uploading your cell phone’s address book. Once uploaded, it will announce an incoming call through the car speakers and say who is calling. Simply say “accept” or “reject” to initiate or decline the call – a hands-free experience compared to other devices where you still have to push a button to accept the call. The Supertooth 3 can be mounted on the car’s sun-visor with a magnetic clip, can be paired with up to eight devices and supports voice dial activation, redial and call reject.  read more »

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By Jeff Zbar 
www.chiefhomeofficer.com

Hitting the road? Probably have your wireless phone, iPod or MP3 player, GPS devices, even a DVD player for the kids.

But one perennial problem persists: So many plugs, so few ports. Most cars have only one cigarette lighter / power port / DC plug (vans and SUVs might have several more). And splitters and adapters are so cumbersome.

So if you need to charge the phone, and the kids want to watch a flick, to achieve détente, you appease. Or as Bill Cosby once said, “Parents don’t want justice. Parents want quiet.”  read more »

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By Jeff Zbar 
www.homeofficehighway.com

When it comes wireless phones and my choice of hearing devices, this home office worker tends toward the dysfunctional. I’m a fan of Bluetooth and the wireless functionality and freedom it delivers.

But I like the clarity and simple effectiveness of wired headsets. Hence my confusion (my wife would argue that it doesn’t end there, but that’s another story).

Headsets are important — and sometimes legal must-haves — accessories for wireless phones. As you’re tooling around town or exploring the Final Frontier in an RV with better things to focus on than answering your wireless phone, they free your hands for note-taking or driving (helping avoid costly traffic tickets in those markets where hands-free cellular phone use is the law - see list below).

Yet sound quality, especially when driving, was lacking. Enter new Bluetooth products designed to enhance the speaker’s voice and eliminate background sounds, like wind, lawn equipment and crowd noise. Products like Jabra, Plantronics, and the novel Jawbone (which offers a pretty creative marketing ploy: Redeem your cell phone moving violation for a discount on a new Jawbone purchase).  read more »

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